LarSim
11-04-2006, 09:29 AM
As the Marine Corps Birthday approaches, it got me thinking how I celebrated it when I was on active duty (4-years):
1959 - I was still in Boot Camp at Parris Island. My Platoon was on Mess Duty. Some of us had Mess Duty at the Senior SNCO's Mess. A lunch to remember for all time. The Senior SNCOs had their own lunchtime celebration with a huge birthday cake. After the Senior SNCO lunch and ceremony, the cook left us to our own devices for lunch as he made his way to the Enlisted Club to toss back a few. He stipulated that for dessert, we could have only one serving of dessert. We used dinner plates for dessert! A huge piece of birthday cake topped with ice cream, strawberries, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and multiple cherries on top. The Senior SNCOs complained the next morning that there was no birthday cake left over to enjoy with their morning coffee. :D
1960 - I was a Pfc assigned to MAG-16, 1st Marine Air Wing at Futema, Okinawa. We had a Birthday celebration at a nightclub in Naha. It was a great time, complete with strippers and an open bar. I was part of the Honor Guard for the cake cutting ceremony. As I stood at attention during the ceremony, I couldn't tell if the Marine in front of me was swaying or if it was me swaying. We were both as drunk as lords. I "screwed the pooch" that night. I had a date with one of the attending bar girls for after the festivities, a beautiful young nei-san. I was so drunk at the end of the night, I just piled into a cab with my buddies. I didn't remember the date until the following morning, which just added to my hang-over distress (Damn! :( ).
1961 - I was a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Pioneer Bn (Combat Engineers), 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune. An uneventful celebration, I don't remember anything significant.
1962 - I was a Corporal with the 2nd Pioneer Bn (Combat Engineers), 2nd Marine Division. We were deployed aboard the LST USS Lorain County for the Cuban Missile Crisis somewhere at sea in the Caribbean. I think the swabbies made us a birthday cake for our dinner dessert that day.
Semper Fidelis and Happy Birthday!
- LarSim :cool:
1959 - I was still in Boot Camp at Parris Island. My Platoon was on Mess Duty. Some of us had Mess Duty at the Senior SNCO's Mess. A lunch to remember for all time. The Senior SNCOs had their own lunchtime celebration with a huge birthday cake. After the Senior SNCO lunch and ceremony, the cook left us to our own devices for lunch as he made his way to the Enlisted Club to toss back a few. He stipulated that for dessert, we could have only one serving of dessert. We used dinner plates for dessert! A huge piece of birthday cake topped with ice cream, strawberries, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and multiple cherries on top. The Senior SNCOs complained the next morning that there was no birthday cake left over to enjoy with their morning coffee. :D
1960 - I was a Pfc assigned to MAG-16, 1st Marine Air Wing at Futema, Okinawa. We had a Birthday celebration at a nightclub in Naha. It was a great time, complete with strippers and an open bar. I was part of the Honor Guard for the cake cutting ceremony. As I stood at attention during the ceremony, I couldn't tell if the Marine in front of me was swaying or if it was me swaying. We were both as drunk as lords. I "screwed the pooch" that night. I had a date with one of the attending bar girls for after the festivities, a beautiful young nei-san. I was so drunk at the end of the night, I just piled into a cab with my buddies. I didn't remember the date until the following morning, which just added to my hang-over distress (Damn! :( ).
1961 - I was a Lance Corporal with the 2nd Pioneer Bn (Combat Engineers), 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune. An uneventful celebration, I don't remember anything significant.
1962 - I was a Corporal with the 2nd Pioneer Bn (Combat Engineers), 2nd Marine Division. We were deployed aboard the LST USS Lorain County for the Cuban Missile Crisis somewhere at sea in the Caribbean. I think the swabbies made us a birthday cake for our dinner dessert that day.
Semper Fidelis and Happy Birthday!
- LarSim :cool: